Fishing game



Jul 27, 1926.

H.- A. FOSTER FISHING GAME 5115] FosTEL I Patented July 27, 1926.

1 UNITED S AT S HENRY A. ros'rER,orjinnsiuoinns, town; f y

rI'snmG canal lication' filed February 13,' 1 9 26. Seria1 'No. 88,1 31. i

More specifically the object of this invention is to provide a fishing game of chance, 'which is manuallyoperated. f 10 to those skilled-in the art I e My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the Various parts of the device, whereby the objects con templated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in' thedrawings, in which Fig.1 1 i's'a top plan view of my device ready for use, with a section cut away to more fully illustrate the same. V Fig. '2 is a side sectional View taken on line 22 of Fig. 1. y.

Children are always attracted by" pictures of living things and. like to play at agame; modeled from the sport or vocation of their" parents. It is for these reasons that I havev produced a fishing gameQ I have used the numeral ,10 to-designate a tray. Resting in this tray is the filler 1 member ll-having a central opening 12. I The marginal edge of this opening is irregu and the'like may be painted on the plate and the fishing poles replaced with small lar to imitate ashore line. To support the central portion-of this filler member .11 is the circularv supporting member 13 resting on the bottom of the tray. In the center, of the tray and secured to the bottom thereof by suitable means is the upwardly ex tending rod 14. Around this rod and rest]- ing on the bottom of the tray is the cone formed at its center, a hollow stem 17. This stem is designed to embrace the rod 14 and the plate'is designed to rest on the washer 15, as shown in Fig. 2. The plateis now capable of being spun by manually rotating the stem 17 with the thumb and tore finger.

To facilitate the grasping" of thisstem for- -Toprevent this pole from completely entering'the hole itis placed in, a projection These and other objects willbe apparent shaped supporting washer, 15. The numeral 16 designates a plate having, integrally Back; of each hole'i's printed the name off" a famous fishing beach; The filler member beaches; The. plate"16 isf marked ofl' 'in radiallyextendingsections 23. Painted on 1 these1sections']are; representations f-of fish, frogs, turtles, and the like, and the-value a orminus valuein pounds of each, as shown in; Fig. 1:;

' The mouth oit'each'character is so located onthe' plate' that the same is capable ot being adjacent the' line and hook 21";

2 2'is provided justback of each hole. l\ smany-fishingpoles as thereare players"areusedi In' Fig. 1, 1 show two ffishing poles. 1

I may be decorated p t y these various The 'pralctical operation ofthe device as'followsp 3 Each player ta'kes a1' pole"and linei and selects thefibeach he 'desires'to fishiroinl' c After the poles have been placed in their the most pounds of fish wins the game. If;

a player does not have good luck at "one beach, he is at liberty to select another.-

'If it is desired, animals instead of fish I guns and an tained. By having two plates, one wlth animals animal hunting game g bpainted thereon, and ,one with fish and thc like painted, thereon, one may either fish or hunt merely 'by changing the plates.v 7

= Some changes may be. made 1n construction and arrangement of my device without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention and it my intentlon to cover by my claims any modified forms of struchire or use of mechanical equivalents which] scope.

' I claim: Y

may be reasonably included within their- 1. In a device of the class described, a member having an opening, a plate'rotatably" mounted adjacent said opening, one or more: 1

miniature fishing p'olesand lines extending v bove the said plate, and marine characters painted onsaid plate.

2- In a device of the class, described, a

member having'an opening, a plate rotat cal manually spinning said plate, said first men's tloned member having a series of holes, one

or more poles capable 0t engaging;

anyone of: said holes andite extend over-said late, marine: eharactenspainted on: said plate and the some value oi each 4. In a device of the class described, a. memberhaving; anopening, the names of. 3 various beaches printed around. said open.--

ing, said member havinga. hole adjacent each name, a plate: notatabl-y mounted. back. of said opening, a means of spinning said;

plate, one or more; fishing poles each. capable of engagmg any one 0t said holes and: ex

tending over said plate, marine characters painted: on saidplateand. the; score value of each, for the purposes stated.

5a.:[n1aid6YiG6 0t theclass described, a tray,

a, filler member resting inisaidtray and having an opening, a circular supporting member for supporting the central portion of said filler member, an upwardly extending rod in. the centen of said tray, a plate rotatably mounted on said rod and adjacent the opening in said filler member, one or more fishing poles designed to extend over said plate, marine characters painted on said plate, and the score value of each character in pounds printed on said pl'a-te.

6;. In-v a device of the class described, a. tray, a filler member resting in said tray and having an: opening near; its center, an upwardly extending; rod secured to t he ecuter of the bottom of said tray, a supporting; Washer embracings-ai d red and resting; on the bottom of said tray, a plate; journal-ed; on said rod and engaging said Washer, a stem onsaid plate for manually spinning the samethe names of various beaches printed on the; filler mem-lc-ier, a hole adjacent each name, one or more-fishing; poles capable 0t engaging" any oneo-f said holes and extends ing over said. plate, radially extendingsections marked on said plate and; each having a marine character pain-ted therein, and the:

score value at each section printed thereon.

HENRY A.. EOS EER, 

